Jake corman biography

Jake Corman

American politician

Jake Corman

In office
November 12, &#;– November 30,
Preceded byJoe Scarnati
Succeeded byKim Ward
In office
January 6, &#;– November 12,
Preceded byDominic Pileggi
Succeeded byKim Ward
In office
January 7, &#;– November 30,
Preceded byDoyle Corman
Succeeded byGreg Rothman
Born

Jacob Doyle Corman III


() September 9, (age&#;60)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]
Political partyRepublican
SpouseKelli Lopsonzski
Children3
EducationPennsylvania College of Technology
Pennsylvania State University (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Jacob Doyle Corman III (born September 9, ) is an American politician who served as the president pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from to [2]

He was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate to , holding the same seat his father, Doyle Corman, previously held.

A member of the Republican Party, he was majority leader from to , and president pro tempore from to Corman represented the 34th Senate District, which includes all of Centre, Mifflin and Juniata Counties and portions of Huntingdon County, and includes State College.

In the lead-up to the elections, Corman and other Republicans in the state legislature refused to implement changes that would allow Pennsylvania officials to process mail-in ballots before election day.

Joe scarnati During the three-way GOP primary, Corman was attacked by the other candidates for a drunk driving conviction, as well as his admission to experimenting with marijuana in the s. Guaranteeing personal freedoms. Wikiwand for Edge. Succeeded by Kim Ward.

As a result of the inaction, counting of ballots in Philadelphia took several days, leaving it unclear for days who had won the presidential election. After Joe Biden won the election and Donald Trump refused to concede while making false claims of fraud, Corman called for an audit of the election in Pennsylvania and called on Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar to resign.

He supported Republican efforts to obtain a wide range of data and personal information on voters to pursue claims of fraud.

In November , Corman announced he would be seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of Pennsylvania.

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He withdrew from the race on April 12, , but then re-entered the same day. He dropped out again on May 12, endorsing Lou Barletta.

From May 17, to May 23, , Corman served as acting lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania while Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman recovered from the implantation of a pacemaker.

Personal

Corman was State Director for Central Pennsylvania for United States senator Rick Santorum from through [3] He was Field Service Director for the Pennsylvania Builders Association from through [3][better&#;source&#;needed]

Career

In , Corman's father, Doyle Corman, a Pennsylvania state senator for 21 years, announced his retirement from the Senate.

Corman announced that he would run for his father's seat. During the three-way GOP primary, Corman was attacked by the other candidates for a drunk driving conviction, as well as his admission to experimenting with marijuana in the s.[4]

In , Corman was re-elected with over 92% of the vote, facing only minimal opposition from a Libertarian Party candidate.[5] In , Corman defeated Democrat Jon Eich, Robert J.

Cash, and Libertarian Thomas Martin with 56% of the vote.[6] After the leadership shakeup following the elections, Corman bid for the position of Senate Majority Leader, but was edged out by Dominic Pileggi[7] and was ultimately elected as the Majority Policy Chairman, succeeding Joe Scarnati.[citation needed] After the election, Corman became Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.[citation needed]

The Pennsylvania Report named him to the "The Pennsylvania Report " list of influential figures in Pennsylvania politics and called him one of the state's "rising stars."[8]

In , Corman again defeated Democrat Jon Eich for re-election garnering % of the vote.[9] In and , Corman was unopposed for re-election.[10] In , he again won re-election after defeating Democrat Ezra Nanes by more than 10, votes.[11] After the election, Corman became Senate Majority Leader.[12]

elections

Prior to the election, Corman and other Republicans in the state legislature refused to implement changes that would allow Pennsylvania officials to process mail-in ballots before election day.

As a result, counting of ballots in Philadelphia took several days, leaving it unclear for days who had won the United States presidential election in Pennsylvania.[13] On the night of the election, Corman called for the resignation of Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar for allowing county boards to give voters an opportunity to "cure" their ballots if they were rejected.[14]

In January , Corman and other Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate refused to seat incumbent Jim Brewster who won a close reelection against his opponent who refused to concede the race.

Even though Brewster's election victory had been certified by state officials. The Republican majority then had Lieutenant GovernorJohn Fetterman removed from presiding over the Senate and installed Corman in Fetterman's place.[15]

Even though there were no indications of fraud in the election, Corman called for a "full forensic investigation" into the election.[16] Corman supported Republican efforts to obtain a wide range of data and personal information on voters to pursue baseless claims of fraud.[17]

Gubernatorial run

Main article: Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

In November , Corman announced he would be running in the Republican primary race for Pennsylvania governor.[18] He campaigned as the "conservative who stood up to" Democratic governor Tom Wolf, citing his legal efforts to overturn Wolf's mask mandate in schools during the COVID pandemic, successful opposition to Wolf's proposed taxes, and his support for a partisan investigation into presidential election.[19] On April 12, , Corman filed a petition in state court to remove his name from the primary ballot, he however reversed that decision later that day saying that former president Donald Trump encouraged him to stay in the race.[19][20][21] Still, Corman remained low in the polls.[19] He announced on May 12 that he would be dropping out of the race again and endorsed former congressman Lou Barletta for governor.

Corman's name still appeared on the ballot though and received 26, votes .[22][23]

Acting lieutenant governor

On May 17, , Governor Wolf announced that Corman would temporarily assume the duties of acting lieutenant governor while Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman had a pacemaker implanted and recovered.

Corman served in this capacity until May 23, [24][25]

Political positions

In , Corman sponsored Senate Bill 1, a pension reform legislation that was enacted.[26]

Corman, as well as former Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord, sued the NCAA, seeking to reverse sanctions that the athletic association imposed against Penn State after the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.[27] In a settlement, the NCAA lifted the sanctions against the university.

The lawsuit initially aimed to require Penn State's $60 million fine to be spent on child abuse prevention in Pennsylvania, rather than across the U.S., but the suit later morphed to challenge the legality of the sanctions themselves.[27][28] Corman accused the NCAA of unfairly singling out Penn State[27][28] and said that the sanctions were "extremely damaging to my community";[28] the NCAA responded that Corman was seeking to politicize the NCAA's safety efforts.[27]

While Corman voted for Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program, he is against both the decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in Pennsylvania.

He believes cannabis is a gateway drug.[29][30] He stated that: "I will do everything in my power to prevent legalization of recreational marijuana."[31]

In , Corman was the prime sponsor of an anti-hazing bill (Senate Bill ), which was signed into law later that year as Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law (Act 80).

The law, which passed the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously, strengthened anti-hazing laws.[32]

As part of the –19 budget process, Corman identified school safety funding as a priority.[33]

In June , Corman made national headlines for aggressively yelling over Democratic state senator Katie Muth, as she read into record a letter from formerly homeless resident John Boyd, who encouraged representatives to not take away monthly General Assistance funds from him and other vulnerable citizens.[34]

Electoral history

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    "Trump encourages Jake Corman to remain in the governor's race – and so he is". PennLive Patriot-News. Retrieved 12 May

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